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Questions regarding reputation, see also [voting] and [privileges]

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Reputation vs. value

In a very real sense, reputation is the currency of the SE system and what you're doing is attempting to match a need (an answer) with a want (more rep). … As such I'm slicing off part of my arbitrary reputation, which incidentally gives me super cow powers. I suppose value in this case is relative. …
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Reputation point system is ridiculous

The reputation point system is really designed to ease people into learning to use the site effectively and eventually metamoderation tasks. … However reputation point system is dumb stupid pointless ridiculous are textbook invalid tags - tags are like salt. …
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Why not make it a level playing field? Downvotes of 125+ rep persons on 125- rep persons sho...

Cause people who have earned a privilege have shown some ability to understand how things work. People with lower rep have not yet. SE fundamentally runs as a meritocracy
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What is wrong in my reputation calculation?

Looks like the downvote here was reversed, and that isn't reflected in the events for some reason. Not sure if its a bug.
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What should you do when you're not receiving any reputation for your answers?

I would say post better answers, but I honestly can't find any answers that I'd take offense with. I just guess you answered questions which are low visibility, and where the user hasn't bothered to t …
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Somebody wants to buy my account on SuperUser.com

No offence, but while it is a decent amount of reputation, you can make that much reputation in a few great days or a few good weeks. There's no good reason to buy an account either. …
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Electrostatic Discharge got deleted and reputation from the answers disappeared

I've undeleted the question tho I would leave it to the community to decide if it should be on hold. That said, it's an unexceptional question, bordering on terrible, with exceptional answers. It kin …
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Make badges be worth reputation

Reputation is XP. You occationally have in game XP rewards (bounty). Badges are achievements. … Badges compliment reputation. I'm currently trying to get a legendary badge. Essentially in the process of it I'd earn 30,000 reputation. No real advantage in awarding any other reputation. …
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How was the guy granted 1k+ rep?

Looks like an account merge with a much older account. I'm too sleepy to actually do more digging, but the rep seems to be from an old question from waaaaaay back, deleted but around enough to keep th …
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A user can't add a comment on the answers of him own bounty, because it requires rep

Reputation reflects trust and understanding of the system, and I see a display of neither. As for downvotes - On the main site, they were completely deserved. …
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